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Historical Event on 2/20/1999
India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1990 | Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government. |
| 12/25/1876 | Mohamad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was born. |
| 5/5/1818 | Karl Marx, great journalist, chief editor, writer and social worker, was born at Trier, Germany. |
| 2/16/1745 | Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born. |
| 5/1/1996 | Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court. |
| 11/3/1999 | Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, well-known agricultural scientist, is selected for the UNESCO Gandhi gold medal. |
| 2/12/1995 | Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala. |
| 12/4/1919 | Inderkumar Gujral, former Prime Minister of India, was born at Jhelum (Pakistan). |
| 8/21/1991 | Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died. |
| 9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
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